Consortium Partners

Monash University- Australia

Monash University is the largest Australian university that has over 55,000 students and 14,000 staff. It belongs to The Group of Eight (Go8) that is a coalition of leading Australian universities, intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education. Monash has strong reputation in the area of sustainability, and in particular inter-disciplinary research in the field of Urban Water Resources. The Monash team comes from both the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering (that for several years has been ranked as the 1st or 2nd Civil Eng Dept in the Go8), and the School of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts, that has strong reputation in both social and urban climatology research.

Contact person: Ana DELETIC (Professor)

Address:

Wellington Road

VICTORIA
AUSTRALIA

Melbourne Water Corporation – Australia

Melbourne Water Corporation (MWC) is responsible for Melbourne’s water supply catchments, wastewater treatment, as well as the management of rivers, creeks and major drainage systems through the Port Phillip and Westernport region (Melbourne’s catchments). They are in the rare but important situation of having an integrated responsibility across the urban and rural water cycle. They are currently managing AU$8.4 billion worth assets in water supply, sewerage and drainage systems in Melbourne. They are also responsible for 8000 kilometers of waterways, including 99 natural and constructed wetlands and 54 urban lakes. In protecting and improving Melbourne's rivers and creeks, our apparitional goal is to have all natural rivers and creeks in good or better condition by 2025.

Contact person: Chris CHESTERFIELD (Mr)

Address:

PO Box 4342
Wellington Parade, East Melbourne

MELBOURNE
AUSTRALIA

Some of the consortiums partners

This project has receivedfunding from the European Union’sSeventh Programme for Research,Technological Development andDemonstration under GrantAgreement No 244232